Rolando McClain Q&A
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 12:59 pm in Oakland Raiders.
A transcript of Rolando McClain’s first interview with Bay Area media members since the start of the regular-season:
Q: How you feeling?
McClain: Good.
Q: Injury was not a big deal?
McClain: Everything’s fine. Just a little hip pointer, swelled up, I guess over the last two days it went down so I was able to practice.
Q: How would you assess your rookie season so far, nine games in? Are you where you thought you’d be?
McClain: I think I’m playing fine, but besides my individual play I think we’ve started to come along in our defense and that’s really all that matters to me. I have a role to help with this defense.
Q: What has been difference last three games, 6-for-42 on third down, what has happened?
McClain: I don’t know, there was one meeting, we all just said to each other we were going to play football, basically, and we told coach, and coach said he’s going to call the right things. It was a total team effort. Not just the plays, but it was something in the play calling and we were going to get in the defense that we were most comfortable with, and as we said, let the dogs unchained, just play football and just go out and have fun and that’s what we’ve been doing.
Q: Rookie wall, does it exist, where you’d be wrapping up in college . .
McClain: I don’t know about no rookie wall. The bye week’s here. I’m perfectly fine.
Q: After some early struggles, first couple of games, you mentioned early speed wasn’t much different than SEC, did you think maybe NFL was a little tougher, faster than you expected?
McClain: Not at all. Like I said earlier, you play against guys in practice all the time in practice that are just as fast as anybody you’re going to see. For me, it hasn’t been easy. But it hasn’t been hard either, because I have a great defensive line in front of me, taking care of me, allowing me to just run around, and coach is just letting us play.
Q: How often have you encountered guys on line getting to you at second level?
McClain: Sometimes it’s all the time. I watched film, last year you had to double Seymour as well as TK, and they forced the middle linebacker to make plays, and if you watch film now, you see you can’t double those guys because you have to account for me in the blocking scheme. My job is to try and make tackles, defeat the block first, but I don’t have a problem with that, especially with TK and Seymour making the plays they’ve been making, I don’t mind taking on the block every now and then.
Q: Focused on team aspect, but are there more plays to be made, interceptions, etc.?
McClain: I think everybody wants to make plays. That’s the league that we’re in. You just want to produce. But just from watching plays and watching film, coach is satisfied with what I’m doing. I don’t know. I take pride in my man not getting the ball thrown to him. When I’m guarding the back, because we’ve been playing a lot of Cover 5 lately, the ball hasn’t been going to my man so I haven’t had a lot of chances to make interceptions so I’m perfectly fine with that.
Q: Coaches are satisfied, but are you satisfied? And are you ever satisfied?
McClain: No, you’re never satisfied. If you’re satisfied, you become complacent and if you become complacent you might as well stop playing.
Q: Came in here conducting yourself as a veteran, do you feel like a rookie in any way at this point?
McClain: I don’t know, not really. I just feel like I’m one of the players, like I’m part of the team. That’s the hard thing coming in. You meet so many new guys, new coaches, new scheme, new everything coming in, and you have to adapt to it and fit in some kind of way. Now I feel like I fit in and everything is going smoothly, so I don’t feel like one of those 11 guys out on the field playing.
Q: You requested a sellout. You got it. What was it like?
McClain: It was crazy for the times I was out there. I only played 20 plays but I don’t think I’ve ever heard it that loud. I wanted the sellout because I knew we were about to do something special. You can feel it in the locker room, you can feel it in practice. We’re about to be pretty darned scary around here. I just wanted the fans’ support. It’s been like two years, and I don’t think I’ve ever not had a sellout, coming from Alabama . Me, as well as the rest of the guys on the team, feel like we’re about to have something special, so we wanted the fans to come out and support us.
Q: Confident you’ll pick up where you left off after the bye week?
McClain: No problem. The bye week, some guys could lose focus, but I don’t see that problem with this team. Everybody’s focused. We know the task at ahead. So, we’re just going to keep working, take some time off to recover and get our bodies healed and go back at it.
Q: Explain your reluctance to speak with the media?
McClain: I’m just not a media guy, to say the least. I’m just shy and I like to stay to myself. If it was my choice, I would never do media.
Q: Is it anything against us?
McClain: No, I have no problem with y’all. It’s just how I was raised. I just stay to myself and just real shy. I stay to myself a lot. It’s just the way I’ve always been. Talking to coach Cable after the first couple times I declined interviews, he asked why. I told him the reason, and he said ‘fine.’ You don’t have to do the local media. Just make sure if it’s one of those people from the network that are doing the game, then make sure you do that. I said, ‘All right.’ So, we kind of had an agreement with that. I promised if we had a sellout that I’d do media, so I’m here.
Q: So, when are we going to hear from you again?
McClain: Next sellout.
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November 9th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
primero???
November 9th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
yyyyyaaaaaa second toooo????
November 9th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
ROLANDO MCPAIN!!!!!!!!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
8LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Dakota Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Wish that damned lottery would pay off so I can drop this damned work BS!
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Sounds like a hand out to me. Isn’t lottery paid for by…. TAXES (cue scary music)!!!!!
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Lottery paid for by taxes? I don’t think so. The lottery is funded from the money collected selling tickets and then the proceeds are used by the States to fund things like education and the general funds of the participating States.
My $2 per week that goes to the lottery is like a self-imposed tax I guess.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Finally!! Way to go Jerry!!
RAAAAIIIDDDERRRSS….RRRAAIIIDDDDERRRSS….
November 9th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Dell,
Sorry I missed your request…busy day at work.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Ro, you did struggle the first few games. I’d still like to see you ‘pull the trigger’ more, but I like the attitude.
I can see this dude being the captain of the defense for a long, long time.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
“Next Sellout” I love it! Man handling the press is much easier than fullbacks!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Has McLain ever had a pick 6? He’s been close on a couple of INT’s this year but couldn’t get the grab. I think he and Thomas Howard could be some ball hawking LB’s before the year ends.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
RR, u drink that Rocky mtn p!ss? Don’t you know it is from Dungver?
Time to put the SR 211 in the freezer!
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Dirty Raccoon,
no. I dont drink man
LA was just using a stereotype about people living in Podunk
November 9th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Q: How you feeling?
McClain: Good.
END INTERVIEW …
November 9th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
McClain: ……Not just the plays, but it was something in the play calling and we were going to get in the defense that we were most comfortable with, and as we said, let the dogs unchained, just play football and just go out and have fun and that’s what we’ve been doing.
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They sure did the let dogs unchained. He’s signing autograph on 11/16. I wish I was back home. Darn it!!!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
hes off the hook, ill never bag on him again seems to have his head in the right place.
cam newton was caught cheating in his pottery class while at florida. hahahahahahahahahahahahahah, what a dumb asssss, just hope we win enough games to not draft him.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
let the dogs unchained?
Vick won’t be in Oakland next year …
November 9th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
when is big john coming back??? mann we gotta get him healthy for our PLAYOFF PUSH!!! THATS RIGHT PLAYOFF PUSH!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I can see this dude being the captain of the defense for a long, long time.
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Needs to start by planting some Steelers on their backs next game.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Mistic,
You are correct we both dont think we will win this Pitt game.
The diff between you and I. I think JC sucks. I think he will look like a turd out there like Tenn and SF and even KC. It’s one thing to lose the game. It’s entirely another issue to lose the game because of his sorry a$$. So far this year, JC has missed 3 wide open deep balls. 2 of them costed us a game in SF. I dont even remember Bruce missing 3 deep balls on wide open receivers since he has been with the Raiders.
I stand by my comment Japuke is going to get his a$$ handed to him in Pitt. Then we will be done with this JC myth once and for all.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
it hasn’t been hard either, because I have a great defensive line in front of me, taking care of me, allowing me to just run around, and coach is just letting us play.
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Kirk Morrison wishes he had that kind of help up front while MLB in Oakland!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
let the dogs unchained?
Vick won’t be in Oakland next year …
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WHATS UP ROCK STAR??? I AGREE VICK WILL NOT BE IN SILVER AND BLACK NXT YR… WE COULD HAVE HAD HIM THIS YR AND DID NOT PULL THE TRIGGER…
November 9th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
# DKnight007 Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
1234567 Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Peter King was on Colin Cowherd this morning and said the Raiders, right now, are a top ten team? So then what are the top ten teams?
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Who cares what those two clowns think.
Can’t stand either of them!
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No one should care what either of them should think. I was asking, if there were a way to fit the Raiders into the top ten, as of now, what would the top ten be?
November 9th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Q: Confident you’ll pick up where you left off after the bye week?
McClain: No problem. The bye week, some guys could lose focus, but I don’t see that problem with this team. Everybody’s focused. We know the task at ahead. So, we’re just going to keep working, take some time off to recover and get our bodies healed and go back at it.
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yeah !!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
aig-raiders Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Mistic,
You are correct we both dont think we will win this Pitt game.
The diff between you and I. I think JC sucks. I think he will look like a turd out there like Tenn and SF and even KC. It’s one thing to lose the game. It’s entirely another issue to lose the game because of his sorry a$$. So far this year, JC has missed 3 wide open deep balls. 2 of them costed us a game in SF. I dont even remember Bruce missing 3 deep balls on wide open receivers since he has been with the Raiders.
I stand by my comment Japuke is going to get his a$$ handed to him in Pitt. Then we will be done with this JC myth once and for all.
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BUT ON SUNDAY RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES SITTING IN SEC 122 ROW 29… JASON CAMBPELL MADE ALL THE THROWS WHEN HE HAD TOO!!! AND ALL THAT COUNTS IS THAT BIIIIIIGGGG WWWWWWWWWWW AT THE END OF THE DAY!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Never has to conduct another interview again, the man lived up to his word, I love this team
November 9th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
ideology*
November 9th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Never has to conduct another interview again, the man lived up to his word, I love this team
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IOWR,
ROMAC will conduct another interview on 11/29 when we’re 7-4
November 9th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
JASON CAMBPELL WILL START AT PITT… HE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 20-32, 22-34, 18-28… 210 YDS TO 225YRD TYPE GAME…… THE KEY IS NO INTS!!! IT MAY NOT BE PRETTY…BUT HOPEFULLY MURPH AND Z.MILLER WILL BE BACK WHICH WILL OPEN THINGS UP FOR REECE OUT IN THE FLAT AND FORD IN THE SLOT OR FLANKED OUT WIDE…
November 9th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Lets see if Jerry takes the hard questions…..or if Jon Becker mods the live blog.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
somebody should have asked McClain to name 2 or 3 vets mentoring him and teaching him how to be a pro
I bet Seymour, Wimbley & ShoNasty are the guys
November 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
somebody should have asked McClain to name 2 or 3 vets mentoring him and teaching him how to be a pro
I bet Seymour, Wimbley & ShoNasty are the guys
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GREG BEIKERT
November 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
whats up 30YR!?!
good 2 see you man. hope all is well
can’t wait to see our speedy young WR’s rip up the Squeelers secondary!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
25.LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Dakota,
You’re right and I should clarify. You’re assessment of it being a self-imposed tax is actually very well said.
If you agree, like most in the party I’m sure you are affiliated with (which comprise the same @$$holes in line ahead of me at the liquor store scratching their lives away, so to speak) then you are essentially buying into additional funding for eduacation and gov’t administration, which for the most part, your party wants to cut in addition to taxes, education, and veterans benefits.
Without raising taxes on those who don’t play (or opt out, lol), you are paying for education and some poor schlep to get rich without ever actually working for it.
If all participants in Social Security (taxpayers who can’t opt out) contibute an amount that then goes out as a handout and your party wants to cut social security and other social welfare programs, aren’t you essentially going against party idiology?
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No. I am just buying a lottery ticket to strike it rich.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
McClain: “I watched film, last year you had to double Seymour as well as TK, and they forced the middle linebacker to make plays, and if you watch film now, you see you can’t double those guys because you have to account for me in the blocking scheme.”
This is funny to me. Means he was watching film from last season and thinkin, “Damn, Morrison is sorry.”
November 9th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
whats up 30YR!?!
good 2 see you man. hope all is well
can’t wait to see our speedy young WR’s rip up the Squeelers secondary!
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ROCK went to the game sunday… was an ABSOLUTE ZOOOO OUT THERE!!! WORDS CAN NOT DESCRIBE THE SCENE!!! IT WAS MAD MAX ON STEROIDS X 10000000000000.00, LMAO!!! YOUR IN NW ARK?? ARENT YOU?? IF THE LAST GAME FOR KC IS FOR THE DIVISION WAS THINKING OF TAKING THE 6HR DRIVE UP NORTH I35!!! CLOSER FOR YOU ISNT IT??
November 9th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
IF THE LAST GAME FOR KC IS FOR THE DIVISION WAS THINKING OF TAKING THE 6HR DRIVE UP NORTH I35!!! CLOSER FOR YOU ISNT IT??
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30YR, Arrowhead is about 3.5 hours (each way)
I want to wait and see if we’re playing for something at that point … if we’re 6-9 or 7-8 it may not be worth my time or money
I have a bunch of buddies that are Chief fans trying to get me to go with them in full Raider gear. We’ll see what happens
November 9th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Dakota,
LMAO!
Fair enough.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Romac is right! 66 thousand supavillains in black. We battle the chiefs to a stand still! Forced two penalties on the offense, with our roaring enthusiasm. Sharing that kind of moment with your favorite team, and favorite players, in your own home town, was unreal!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Unfortunately I live 45 minutes from Pittsburgh and have to watch their sorry asses every week. Here are the two must do’s to beat them. 1. Their Corners are garbage but Polamalu is unreal. You have to challenge the Corners but have to look Polamalu off. If you let him read your eyes, your done. 2. Get Rapistberger down quick. He is at his best scrambling and can complete big passes with players hanging on him. I hope Miller is healthy cause they blitz so much that they are vulnerable to passes in the middle of the field to TE’s and FB’s.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA……….Jerry reads my blog!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
http://raiderchaos.blogspot.com !!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
30 yr Raider,
Had KC been competent in their passing game like Pitt, Bowe would have never dropped that first down to ice the game.
Had Ford not bailed out those “throws” JC made, we would have lost the game
And this week’s headline would have been Another JC disaster.
Japuke has benefited from riding the coat tails of other players around him. I have been saying show me that he can carry the team and I will give him his props. So far Zilch!!!! Nada!!!
If you show me one game including preseason, that Japuke has carried the team and was the reason for us winning then I will gladly acknowledge it. I doubt you can.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Being a Raiders fan for 41 years, I am sick and tire of hearing some of these racist overtone statements when it comes to Jason Campbell. We should just be happy that we are winning. I don’t care if Pee Wee Herman was the starting quarback as long as we are winning. I like Bruce Gradkowski, however, when you are winning games, you go with the hot hand. If Jason starts failing, I don’t have a problem replacing him with Bruce. CMON MAN!
November 9th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
mistic1 Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Romac is right! 66 thousand supavillains in black. We battle the chiefs to a stand still! Forced two penalties on the offense, with our roaring enthusiasm. Sharing that kind of moment with your favorite team, and favorite players, in your own home town, was unreal!
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MAYNE I WAS SOOOO GLAD I FLEW OUT FOR THIS GAME!!! UR SOO RIGHT!! IT SEEEMED SO UNREAL, WHEN N FACT IT WAS REAL111
November 9th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Did you guys see Mike Wallace yesterday? Routt and Huffs speed gonna be put to the test
November 9th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
RaiderReggie Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Being a Raiders fan for 41 years, I am sick and tire of hearing some of these racist overtone statements when it comes to Jason Campbell. We should just be happy that we are winning. I don’t care if Pee Wee Herman was the starting quarback as long as we are winning. I like Bruce Gradkowski, however, when you are winning games, you go with the hot hand. If Jason starts failing, I don’t have a problem replacing him with Bruce. CMON MAN!
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agree 100 %
November 9th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
wow, talk about throwing morrison under the bus. funny…
November 9th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
JMAC says he guesses Miller will be back v Miami, we need him against the Steelers
November 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
aig-raiders Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
30 yr Raider,
Had KC been competent in their passing game like Pitt, Bowe would have never dropped that first down to ice the game.
Had Ford not bailed out those “throws” JC made, we would have lost the game
And this week’s headline would have been Another JC disaster.
Japuke has benefited from riding the coat tails of other players around him. I have been saying show me that he can carry the team and I will give him his props. So far Zilch!!!! Nada!!!
If you show me one game including preseason, that Japuke has carried the team and was the reason for us winning then I will gladly acknowledge it. I doubt you can.
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like i have said since we got him.. we dont need joe montana back there. we need a servicable qb who can get the job done his stats are more than decent!!!
he has a 81% passer rating!! 57% completion avg 180yds passing a game!! 7tds 5 ints…getting it done with a solid running game!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Place Raider O on the back of a milk carton.
Where are you, I need my dose of Huff comments.
Better yet, let me try to be you.
Fire Cable, that monkey, Fire Sanjay Lal, just fire all the coaches.
Get rid of Gallery, Bennett, Williams, Eugene. Stevie Brown should be starting with Mitchell, send Branch to the bench, Huff should be a CB.
How’s my preppie doing, just smoke, don’t drink.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
JMAC says he guesses Miller will be back v Miami, we need him against the Steelers
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not really
Myers & Barnes = good enough against a weak Squeelers secondary
November 9th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I want to wait and see if we’re playing for something at that point … if we’re 6-9 or 7-8 it may not be worth my time or money
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Say what? You should be going even if they’re 0-15 if you have the means to do so.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Murphy will help. He eats Steelers corners for a light lunch.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Al Harris is out there off waivers
November 9th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
http://bit.ly/agkuMn
November 9th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Murphy will help. He eats Steelers corners for a light lunch.
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LMAO!!!!VERY FUNNY BRO
November 9th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Raider O missing….unexplained missile fired off of LA coast…put two and two together Dell.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I want to wait and see if we’re playing for something at that point … if we’re 6-9 or 7-8 it may not be worth my time or money
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Say what? You should be going even if they’re 0-15 if you have the means to do so
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HES CALLING YOU OUT ROCK!!! I FEEL THE SAME WAY, I KNOW U GOT A LIL ONE AT HOME SO DO I!!! BUT MAYNE SOMETIMEE YOU JUS GOTTA DO IT… TELL THE WIFE BE BACK IN A BIT!!!
November 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Ford should be starting. He showed more in one game than all the rest have all year.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
McClain: I don’t know, there was one meeting, we all just said to each other we were going to play football, basically, and we told coach, and coach said he’s going to call the right things. It was a total team effort. Not just the plays, but it was something in the play calling and we were going to get in the defense that we were most comfortable with, and as we said, let the dogs unchained, just play football and just go out and have fun and that’s what we’ve been doing.
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Just as I thought, they got Al Davis to butt out. Because the playcalling is definitely different.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Kirk Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Ford should be starting. He showed more in one game than all the rest have all year.
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It’ll be Murphy, DHB, and Ford in the slot.
If used properly, they could all be very deadly.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
KoolKell Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
McClain: I don’t know, there was one meeting, we all just said to each other we were going to play football, basically, and we told coach, and coach said he’s going to call the right things. It was a total team effort. Not just the plays, but it was something in the play calling and we were going to get in the defense that we were most comfortable with, and as we said, let the dogs unchained, just play football and just go out and have fun and that’s what we’ve been doing.
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Just as I thought, they got Al Davis to butt out. Because the playcalling is definitely different.
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Well, seeing as how they started the year playing a whole lot of zone with very little success and have since played their best defense in man, maybe not everything that they do is either at the behest of Davis or in defiance of him.
As naive as that sounds.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
When I’m guarding the back, because we’ve been playing a lot of Cover 5 lately, the ball hasn’t been going to my man so I haven’t had a lot of chances to make interceptions so I’m perfectly fine with that.
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What’s Cover 5?
November 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Well, seeing as how they started the year playing a whole lot of zone with very little success
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The way I understand it, they were just playing Zone in the Red Zone.
With the same old 4 man rush Ideological Al Davis Defense.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
http://football.about.com/cs/a/52defense.htm
November 9th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Close to the old Chicago 53 defense.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
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Exla:
who is our 5th DL?
Scott, Wimbley, Groves?
November 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
I even saw Desmond Bryant make a few plays on Sunday.
I was like WHAAAAAT ???
guy still has his arm wrapped. Is that elbow injury from preseason still lingering on?
November 9th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Later, the Bears went to the 46
November 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
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Exla:
who is our 5th DL?
Scott, Wimbley, Groves?
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Not a hand on the ground but a Lb Rushing on the line.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
70.KoolKell Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Talking to coach Cable after the first couple times I declined interviews, he asked why. I told him the reason, and he said ‘fine.’ You don’t have to do the local media. Just make sure if it’s one of those people from the network that are doing the game, then make sure you do that. I said, ‘All right.’ So, we kind of had an agreement with that.
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In other words Jerry, F U and the local fans.
That’s the counterproductive Al Davis Raiders for ya. Then they wonder why they have the lowest attendance in the league, and start blaming the fans.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Were you at the game KoolKell? You’re a local.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
65.exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
http://football.about.com/cs/a/52defense.htm
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That says 5-2 Defense, not cover 5.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Wouldn’t count us out of the Pit game just yet. I’m not sure myself if we’re gonna win or not but I’m also not declaring we’re not.
3 things I think we have going for us is
1)We’re gonna be rested and have extra time to game plan for them.
2) They have to worry and get thru the game against NE
3) Goes into the above but they just had some major injuries along their offensive line. Their not deep there anyway (only carried 7 Olinemen into the game and 2 were injured) Our Dline has been playing real well and I think they could dominate against their oline.
Main problem that equals is we still have to tackle Big Ben.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
I hope the Pats beat them up even more…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-steelers-injuries
November 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
73.exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Were you at the game KoolKell? You’re a local.
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I started going to games in 64′ at Frank Youell Field. When the Coliseum opened in 66′ I was there until 77′
I was living in Japan when the moved in 80′
When they came back in 95′ I was there.
Now, I prefer to watch the game on TV, unless it’s blacked out, and I have to go.
Football is also a business, and the Raiders are in the business of selling tickets. It’s their responsibility not mine.
I go when I wish to go.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
KoolKell Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Well, seeing as how they started the year playing a whole lot of zone with very little success
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The way I understand it, they were just playing Zone in the Red Zone.
With the same old 4 man rush Ideological Al Davis Defense.
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A lot of the big runs we allowed in Houston were using a read-and-react and that was between the 20s.
I’d have to go back and look at the film, but I must say that the team actually looks best with the 4 man pressure man D (with the occasionally blitz of course).
The Saftey blitzes are certainly not a Davis wrinkle, so to some degree, I agree with you in that Davis is letting the coaches coach. Mike Ditka agrees with you too. He’s such an undercover Raider fan.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Oakladns D carried the day against the top ranked KC offense and CRUSHED THEM.
Domination folks…and without the help of the O…
November 9th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
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Exla:
who is our 5th DL?
Scott, Wimbley, Groves?
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Not a hand on the ground but a Lb Rushing on the line.
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I gotta go back and look at what he’s talking about cause Scott is used on a 4 man line.
Wimbley has dropped back in coverage quite a bit, so it may be situational. They send either Groves or Wimbley, but I don’t recall Groves blitzing much.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
# exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Cover 5 is basically a 5-2-4 or 5-3-3 D
http://football.about.com/cs/a/52defense.htm
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No it isn’t. Cover 5 is the nickle zone package designed primarily to go against the spread. the 52 and 53 are basically the odd front defense. They are completely different defenses.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Here’s an explanation of Cover 1, Cover 2, Cover 3, Cover 4, and Cover 6. No Cover 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_2_defense#Cover_2
November 9th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
KoolKell Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
73.exlaraiderseasonticketholder Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Were you at the game KoolKell? You’re a local.
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I started going to games in 64′ at Frank Youell Field. When the Coliseum opened in 66′ I was there
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KK,
Im not being a jack ass, im just curious. Did your rivalry with Davis go back to 64, or did he get on your bad side later on?
November 9th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
KK,
Im not being a jack ass, im just curious. Did your rivalry with Davis go back to 64, or did he get on your bad side later on?
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I’m going to take a wild guess and say that KK got a bit sour after the Marcus Allen thing and very upset during the mid and late 90s when we weren’t winning?
Do I win?
November 9th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Dakota Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Raider O missing….unexplained missile fired off of LA coast…put two and two together Dell.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Thought so.
Dakota saw your earlier comment, glad your busy.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
# mistic1 Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
KK,
Im not being a jack ass, im just curious. Did your rivalry with Davis go back to 64, or did he get on your bad side later on?
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He doesn’t remember. Other than the arbitrary 27-86, he has no idea what it means.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Cover 5
These never turn out the way I want, but here goes. Extra saftey playing like a LB would be Mithchell in this case.
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—-CB—————CB—-
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November 9th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
No, probably KK got mad at Davis when he screwed the 3rd partner F. Wayne Valley. And I misread the cover 5. Hang me. lol
November 9th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
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–CB———–CB–
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—-LB—-LB—S—
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—-DE-DT-DT-DE—-
Would be more accurate, sorry.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Left out the nickel back.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
CBs would be closer to LOS, but F it, you get the idea.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Mistic1
I worshipped the ground Al Davis walked on. I’ve read Slick, and Black Knight. I carried a picture of him on my day-planner for years.
The Raiders have been in decline for over 20 years, the last 7…….ridiculous.
It’s not personal with me. Winning is more important to me, than placating an old man, Who’s clearly past it, and standing in the way of Raider Progress.
I don’t look at it as Al Davis the great. I look at as Al Davis the General Manager. Under that critera, he has been horrible for years a nd years.
Never in my wildest dreams could I have ever thought of the Raiders as a laughingstock. That’s what turned it for me. The Raiders are more important than one man’s ego.
November 9th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
So KoolKell, do you give him credit for the turnaround this year as his draftees are producing including Mike Mitchell who the coaches wanted to cut? Or are you also embittered to the point of no return.
November 9th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
If this is the first and last time Rolando McClain speaks to the media, were not missing much.
November 9th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://bit.ly/agkuMn
November 9th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
My two favorites;
“They doubled Seymour and TK and forced the middle linebacker to make plays. They can’t do that now because they have to acccount for me in the blocking schemes.”
Translation: Kirk Morrison sucks, just like a good many of us in here said he did.
“We’re about to be pretty darned scary around here.”
Yeah, baby.